Starting against the Angels for the second time in a week, the young southpaw wasn't quite as efficient as the first time around but was otherwise just as effective, striking out 12 and holding the Angels to three hits through his 72/3 scoreless innings.

How did he do it?

On that cold Mother's Day in Chicago, when he recorded a complete-game one-hitter with no walks, Sale relied heavily on his biting two-seam fastball to get outs – throwing it 49 times among his 98 total pitches, exactly half.

He then threw 30 changeups, 17 sliders and two courtesy four-seamers to retain the threat, with his two-seamer coming in at average of 93.1 miles per hour, according to PITCHf/x data.

Then, on Friday in Anaheim, he upped that fastball dosage even further, throwing 66 two-seamers in 113 pitches, making for nearly 60 percent of his total throws.

Just like Sunday, he threw the two-seamer almost exclusively early in the game, then went to the softer stuff later on.

Thirty-six of his first 48 pitches were two-seamers, including all 15 of the pitches he made to Angels center fielder Mike Trout in the first and third innings.

So he basically did the same thing, with slight modifications.

What about the Angels?

They were certainly more patient, with Trout working an 0-2 count all the way to a walk and Mark Trumbo and Howie Kendrick also drawing free passes, forcing Sale out of the game before he could finish.

But other than that, it was much of the same.

Manager Mike Scioscia didn't think there were any adjustments to be made for the rematch with Sale anyway – or at least any that he revealed publicly.

"I think our approach was good," Scioscia said before Friday's game.

"Any mistakes he made last Sunday, we missed. We fouled them off any time there was a ball in the zone to hit, we just didn't square it up.

"Then he had a chance to bring some of his other pitches in. He was on top of us for most of the day."

Well, Sale has now been on top of the Angels for two days in one week.